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Museums
Zamość
The Armenian Houses on the Great Market Square in Zamość (say "ZAH-moshch") are the most colorful row of buildings in this UNESCO-listed Renaissance town, and they are home to the Zamość Museum. Built in the 17th century for wealthy Armeni…
Churches & monasteries
Zamość
Zamość Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of the Resurrection and St. Thomas the Apostle, is a Renaissance church founded by Jan Zamoyski and designed by Bernardo Morando, the Italian architect behind the whole town of Zamość (say "ZAH-mosh…
Zoos
Zamość
The Stefan Miler Zoo in Zamość (say "ZAH-moshch") is the only zoo in Poland's Lublin region and one of its most popular family attractions, with about 200,000 visitors a year. It sits just 1 km from the Renaissance market square of this UN…
Palaces
Zamość
Zamość began with this building: the palace of Chancellor and Grand Hetman Jan Zamoyski was the first structure raised after the town was founded. After centuries of rebuilding it now looks modest and awaits restoration, but together with…
Landmarks
Zamość
Zamość Town Hall is the defining landmark of Zamość (say "ZAH-moshch"), the Renaissance planned town in southeastern Poland. Set into the north side of the Great Market Square, it rises to a 52-meter (170 ft) clock tower and is fronted by…
Historic sites
Zamość
The Zamość Rotunda is a circular 19th-century gun battery that became a German Gestapo prison and execution site during World War II. Today it is the Mausoleum of the Martyrdom of the Zamość Region, a memorial museum surrounded by a vast c…
Old towns & squares
Zamość
The Great Market Square in Zamość (pronounced roughly "ZAH-moshch") is the centerpiece of a Renaissance "ideal city" in eastern Poland and one of the most harmonious public squares in Central Europe. Laid out in the late 16th century as a…
Old towns & squares
Zamość
The Old Town of Zamość (say "ZAH-moshch") is a complete Renaissance "ideal city" that has survived almost intact since it was founded in 1580 by Chancellor Jan Zamoyski and designed by the Italian architect Bernardo Morando. Inside the lin…
Landmarks
Zamość
The Zamość Synagogue is one of the finest Renaissance synagogues in Poland and a powerful reminder of the Jewish community that helped shape this UNESCO-listed planned town in the Lublin region. Built in the early 17th century on the initi…
Fortifications
Zamość
Zamość Fortress, and in particular its restored Bastion VII with the outwork known as the Nadszaniec (a raised cavalier), is the best place to see how this Renaissance "ideal city" in southeastern Poland was defended. A guided underground…